72 migrant workers stopped by cops on Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border

The workers decided to walk across the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border and they were walking more than 40 km before managing to find a truck driver who agreed to take them across the border and into Karnataka. While the driver managed to easily cross the check-posts in Kerala, he was stopped by the Tamil Nadu Police in the Mudumalai forest area near the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border.

Nilgiris (TN): As many as 72 migrant workers who attempted to cross the Tamil Nadu border into Karnataka, were stopped by Tamil Nadu police in Nilgiris on Friday.

Police officials said that the migrants had been working in Kerala six months ago. They could not stay in Kerala as they were not able to find any work there.

According to sources, the workers decided to walk across the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border and they were walking more than 40 km before managing to find a truck driver who agreed to take them across the border and into Karnataka.

While the driver managed to easily cross the check-posts in Kerala, he was stopped by the Tamil Nadu Police in the Mudumalai forest area near the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border, sources said.

Tamil Nadu police provided food to the workers and also promised to send them to their hometowns. So far no action has been taken by the Kerala government to send them to their hometowns, sources added.